Word of the Day
Posted by: David Bunch
I will earnestly peruse the sports news today and try to bring you the analysis that you've all come to expect from The Bench Warmer. In the meantime, I have a question for you. Have you ever had something get stuck in your head? Like a song or a phrase or the sound of someone's voice? Well, sometime ago I came across a word somewhere (I don't even remember where). That word has been bouncing around my brain for weeks now.
The word is "erstwhile". Know what it means? I didn't either, so I looked it up.
It means "formerly or from the past". So if you recently changed careers and wanted to refer to your previous one, you might say "my erstwhile career".
It's sort of a strange word because it doesn't give any indication as to what it might mean. It strikes me as being similar to "meanwhile," but of course it isn't.
Try working it into conversation today and impress your friends.
Godspeed,
dB
I will earnestly peruse the sports news today and try to bring you the analysis that you've all come to expect from The Bench Warmer. In the meantime, I have a question for you. Have you ever had something get stuck in your head? Like a song or a phrase or the sound of someone's voice? Well, sometime ago I came across a word somewhere (I don't even remember where). That word has been bouncing around my brain for weeks now.
The word is "erstwhile". Know what it means? I didn't either, so I looked it up.
It means "formerly or from the past". So if you recently changed careers and wanted to refer to your previous one, you might say "my erstwhile career".
It's sort of a strange word because it doesn't give any indication as to what it might mean. It strikes me as being similar to "meanwhile," but of course it isn't.
Try working it into conversation today and impress your friends.
Godspeed,
dB
So we can say we have been delivered from our erstwhile sins??
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Anonymous |
Fri Apr 22, 03:12:00 PM 2005